[Q][APPS][WIDGETS]Tablet-Optimized For Productivity - Nook Color Themes and Apps

Hi,
Can anyone recommend tablet-optimized (or at least something that looks good on a 7-inch android screen) versions of the following apps? I am using PhireMod 6.2 (based on CM7).
E-mail - Currently using the stock e-mail app. I'm looking for an app that would somehow function like GMail does in HoneyComb (where the message list appears in a pane on the left in landscape orientation). App also has to be able to sync Exchange. The closest one I found was "Mail'd" which is a Notion Ink Adam app. The interface of the app was great but using it was frustrating (no way to select all plus a lot of other minor annoyances that drove me back to using stock e-mail)
Calendar Widget w/ Montly view - I have NO idea why but searching "Calendar Widget" on the android market brings up a bazillion apps and widgets that CANNOT display monthly view. I am using Jorte temporarily but I really don't like the way it looks since it was built for smaller screens and it looks weird and fuzzy on the nook. I need a calendar widget that automatically marks days where I have meetings/appointments/shizz pulled from google calendar and exchange server.
RSS/News Reader - Currently using Pulse and I'm fairly happy with it but if there's a tablet optimized version of a better reader, I'd love to know what that is.
Calendar - Currently using Jorte and stock Calendar app. Again, the calendar looks weird on a screen as big and as expansive as the Nook's. I've tried Business Calendar but I don't like the way it looks. Can anyone suggest any other app?
Memo Widget - I own an LG Optimus One and I absolutely love the memo widget on it. It's very simple and you can type notes directly into the widget and you dont have to create a widget for each note you make. The widget allows you to page back and forth through the notes you have created. I tried using the same widget on my Nook but it looks ugly and blurred. I'm looking for a memo/note widget that does the exact thing but more optimized for a larger screen like that Nook's.
Messenger - I'm currently using YM for Android but I'd like to ask if there are any tablet optimized messengers that are compatible with YM and/or Microsoft Office Communicator.
Sorry, that seems like a lot but these little things have been bugging me hehe
Thanks in advance!

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Hey pyronix,
For e-mail I use Kaiten Mail, a tablet optimized app by the K9 Mail folks. I love it but sadly it doesn't have a widget. It looks just like Mail'd:
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.kaitenmail

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LauncherPro Plus has nice scrollable widgets

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Touch calendar pro has a great monthly widget that shows shared Google calendars in different colors. Not sure if it handles exchange though.
Sent from my NookColor using Tapatalk

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chemical1der said:
Hey pyronix,
For e-mail I use Kaiten Mail, a tablet optimized app by the K9 Mail folks. I love it but sadly it doesn't have a widget. It looks just like Mail'd:
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.kaitenmail
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kaiten doesn't support push on exchange

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Canadoc said:
kaiten doesn't support push on exchange
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*sigh* yeah that's why i'm sticking to stock for now.

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Yeah, I'd say Kaiten too but your hard requirement of Exchange is currently lacking. It does some, but not all, or maybe not the latest? Something...
For Calendar, have you tried Touch Calendar? You can change the zoom and font size initially to whatever you want, plus easy to pinch zoom. I use it all the time on my Nexus 1 and the NC. There's a free version to try out the app itself, the paid version also has a widget, but not sure if it'll show a whole month or not.
Pulse has a "tablet version" which has panes separated out to view stories and headlines, but it's a Honeycomb feature they're using.. Other versions of Android see the same interface they've had for a while, which IMO is pretty good and keeps getting better... I do wish they had a limit on how far you could scroll, I often way overscroll by accident. Taptu has that feature, but everything else about Taptu sucks

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I'm a big fan of Pure Messenger, though I don't use it for IMs. The widget is highly customizable. You can see I've got it filling most of a homescreen with white text and transparent background.
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All of the Pure widgets are really nice on the nook. I have pure grid calendar transparent on the home screen, It launched Business calender when I open it.
Pure messenger is also nice I have it set up for 3 separate widgets one for gmail, coolest part is you can open the email in a pop-up window right on the home screen. I have another set up for Facebook feeds, and a separate one for my corp. email. Check the last few pages of the nook screen shot thread there are lots of great screen shots of the pure widgets.

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Whoops. Sorry, I didn't notice you were looking for Exchange support. As others have said it's the only thing Kaiten lacks. Otherwise it's pretty awesome.
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Thanking everyone who replied to this thread
I am using S2 Calendar Widget right now but I will definitely check out the Pure apps later when I get home.
For instant messaging, I'm currently using imo.im which is A LOT better than the yahoo messenger client for android (and much stabler as well).
By the way, if any of you guys are looking for an OCS solution (Microsoft Office Communicator), I found this awesome app called Office Talk on the market. It's free and it works with both my clients' and my corp's office comm (I work for HP and provide IT services to Procter&Gamble lol).
I'm still stuck on stock for e-mail. :|
For memo, I'm attempting to use springpad but I really can't get myself to use it as part of my workflow yet. I really love the memo app that comes w/ the stock rom of my LG Optimus One but when I try to export it to the nook, it's as fugly as hell on the big screen.

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Taosaur said:
I'm a big fan of Pure Messenger, though I don't use it for IMs. The widget is highly customizable. You can see I've got it filling most of a homescreen with white text and transparent background.
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What's the widget on the right side of the screen shot that shows you the memory and resource count? It's nice

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pryonix said:
What's the widget on the right side of the screen shot that shows you the memory and resource count? It's nice
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That's Elixir, which is technically a system information app, but you can do anything and everything with the widgets. You can make a widget of nothing but app shortcuts, and the apps will be more closely spaced so that you get 3x5 shortcuts in a 2x3 space. The space-saving aspect is no big deal on the NC, but it does open up all kinds of new visual arrangements for grouping apps. I used to use it for toggling Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, too, before I realized those toggles are built into notifications.